Device for inserting balls in tires.



J. s. SUMMER S.

DEVICE FOR INSERTING BALLS IN TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1908.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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Witnzoaeo J. S. SUMMERS.

DEVICE FOR INSEBTING BALLS IN TIRES.

APPLICATION IILED SEE 1223, 1908 Patentd Feb. 16, 1909.

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To o-ZZ who re it may concern:

Be it lm'own that I, JOSEPH SUM}; c tizen" of the United States, residi' .rii

lentoin the "county of Logan and State of Illinois, havelinvented certain new in"; useful Improvements in Devices foe" inserting Ballsin'Tiresyof'which the following is a spcci- Myinvention relates to an improvement in sd'evice for inserting inflated rubber hells IiDtO arubbertire, and the object is to provide means whereby after the hell has been inserted intothe tire itis prevented from coming out of the tire and another ball can 15 be injected into'the tire, and so on, untilthe desired number of balls have been inserted fintothe tire; i

; I-iihe invention consists oi many novel i esof construction-end combinations of fZDPfiYlZS .whi'ch will'he hereinafter fullyjdescribedarid-pointed out in the claims. 4 j

v In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a view showing my invention applied to the folly ofpa wheel for injecting the balls into ,coverremoved; Fig. 3 is s longitudinal sec 'tional view; Fig; 4 is a cross -'sectional view Fig. 5isa view of the interior with one side of'the casing removed};- Fig-6 s viewoi the iwflplungel";and 7 is' a 'view -of the slide A re resents the "casing, whichis curved on its un or side to conform to the felly or rim of a wheel. An opening 1 is "ormed in the flthe' casing directly over the opening is a phingercylinder Z. A slide va ve 3 is re- 4 r ceived' inthe bottom of the casing and is gada 'ted to slide beneath the cylinder 2. A e4 is formed on the slide valve, which .travels'in 'a groove 5 in the cylinder, Stops Bjand 6' are formed on the valve for limiting its-movement-i'njeither direction. An opening 713 formed at one end-"of. the slide valve, which is adapted to'be drawn into alinement with the opening .1 in the base or bottoin of the casing andQthe opening in'the plunger cylinder. When theslide forced in one direction the stop 6' will cause'the opening 7 to register-with the opening in the cylinder and the opening l'in the'baseyand when the slide is forced in the other direction the stop 6 will'hold the slide so that theopenin *in thilbase' and cylinder are closed. A race 8 slide Valve.

plunger being drawn through as the valve tom of the casing. to the cylinder and is adapted tan-engage the I claim as new'and desire to is formed on the slide 3 in which a segz'nent 9, which is niiounted on one side of the e: se, is adapted to engage the teeth of the rack, and connect/ed to the segment is a lever 10 by which the segment is op-einted causing the valve to be moved in eithenr direction.

longer 11' is teceived in the cylinder-2, l ormed at the lower end of the plunger a disk 12/ A seat 13 is formed in the slide valve 3 around. the opening 7 formed A vertical slot M 1.8 i from the ten to the bottom on one the-eylinderoi sui'iicient size to pen operated for closing the opening in the A lever 15; is cenne plunger for forcingit downward tl' r." cylinder to caiuse the bell inthe cylnn be in ected or lnserted into the tire.

After the ball has been forced into the tire and the plunger has traveled the length of the cylinder and into the slide valve, the segment is operated by the lever, causing the slidevalve to be forced to'one side of the casing closing the opening in the casing and preventing the ball which has been injected into I the tire from coming out of the tire. After the valve has closed the opening-l in the base another ball is inserted into the cylinder and the plunger is removed from the slide valve and inserted into the cylinder when the lever again forces the ball into the tire and the same operation is repeated until the, desired number of balls tire.

The casing is applied to the folly or rim of 'a wheel and the balls are injected through the have'been' injected into the and into the o ening'formed in a rubbertire; By ectmg t 1e balls into the tire a cushion tireis formed by the inflated rubber balls .set forth, but

described my invention, what Having fully secure by Letters Patent o 1. A device for inserting balls in tires comopening formed in. the vfelly or rim-of a tire I prising a cylinder, a valve in engagement with the cylinder and a plunger for forcing the balls through the cylinder into the tire.

2. A device for inserting balls in tires comprisirg a cylinder, a slide valve in engagement with the cylinder, a plunger for in,ect ing the balls into the tire through the cylinder and means for operating the slide valve.

3. A device for inserting balls in tires comprisirg a cylinder, a slide valve in engagement with the cylinder, havir g an opening therein which registers with the openirg in the cylinder, a plunger for injectir g the balls into the tire througn the cylinder and means for operating the valve for closing the opening in the cylinder. 7

4. A device for inserting balls in tires comprising a cylinder having a slot formed at one side thereof, a slide valve in engagement with the cylinder and having an opening therein, which is adapted to register with the opening in the -cylinder, a plunger for injecting the balls into the tire through the cylinder and adapted to be seated in the opening of the valve upon forcing the ball into the tire and means for operating the valve for closing the 0 ening in. the cylinder and carrying the p unger from the cylinder through the slotted opening.

'5. A device IOI inserting balls in tires comprising a casing having an opening therein, a

cylinder mounted in the casing over the opening, a-slide valve received between the casing and the cylinder and provided with an opening which is adapted to register with the opening in the cylinder and casing, said cyl-i inder having a slotted opening formed in one side thereof, a plunger received in the cylin- In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH S. SUMMERS. i/Vitnesses:

F. RNVEBER, M. M. Hoosn. 

